The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-06-17
TIE ozAR.s poMlnloNs.
Ex-Cnmsnl- General Butlrr's Opinion Of
Russia aud 1ts Government.


care there rot good many Jews
In Russiaen
"Yes; oue-half of the Jews In the
world live In Russia, or about three
and half millions OF people. If you
suppose that the United States Il full
Of Jews you should SEQ Russia. Tho
public feeling there Is against them.
They are the only people In all Russia
allowed TO emigrate wherever they
choose. Nobody else IN the country
can leave it; tho understanding is
among al the component races of Rus
sia that they belong TO the country,
and every subject must have pass
port, like every foreigner. No subject
can pack his traps and move to Amer
lea or Germany except the Hebrews"
Are the Russians patriotic peo-
plep"
"Yes, thoroughly so. There are
some elements in Russia which hate
the dominant Russians; the Firms and
Poles particularly come under this de-
seription. did not go to Poland, but
the most beautiful women | saw in st.
Petersburg were Poles. ! had re-
marked To I'M American friend that
was disappointed in the beauty of the
women, and he told me one evening 10
come To Polish ball, where / would
see the finest women of the capital. l
went there. and hardly ever saw more
dazzling beauty The Firms were con-
. nuered from Sweden by Russia, and
they are a highly intellectual race, with
gentle natures, who pay more attention
IL th.,st.
/ more beautiful. The Russian women
have splendid forms, but their
faces arc net so agreeable.
i, Nearly all the Russians
have turned-up noses, and when you
see regiment OF Russian soldiers In
line YOU might think they were Irish for
that reason The Russian women have
blue cycs and whiiish opaque skins.
Tbs 3 IF thG Gar Hfera taS Is kasSn sas SS,
people of much wit or gaycty. But
there are some things about tsem very
peculiar; for instance. their religion. |
never saw such religious people in the
world but. as in all eases where re
ligion is fiercely formal, it does not
embrace their morals | have seen on
the floors of their churches officers Of
their army and mobiles kneeling bowed.
! with their foreh lads on the floor.
: by the hour When the common
people pass the church they take
, of their hats, and il il should
: be one hundred feet wide they
= keep them Off until they have
gone by The class of priests Is said
; not to be very intelligent, excep, thr
: higher dignitaries If the church. who
were taken from the noble class The
priests marry, aud tho government
stimulates them 60 marry. But there
lies over all Russia the impress of one
man power The people themselves
+ accustomed for generations tp under
stand that there i but one man who
: rules them. only revolt in hard. ba !
way. which rather turns the sympathicS
! of foreigners against them. Whom |
: went out there | sincerely sympathizcd
? with the people against the despot,
| but after / got some understanding of
+ the Russian character began TO think
3 that, perhaps their rulers knew better
4: than we did. II YOU should have Rus
7 sian servant ard show him some
; servility or familiarity. instead of
: appreciating il he would presume
a upon il. You can talk to a
French waiter for instance. for mo-
. ments a. il he were your equal. and he
F, will resume his place rs n waiter after
( Your conference is over. But the COM
( mon Russian who serves aud waits
+ would become insubor.iinate il YOU re
I leRed toward him. Therefore. the rule
. of that realm. somewhat born from
the race, is power not unmixcd with
cruelty. ! saw no instances Of cruelty
myself, but heard of good many"
Did not the assassination of the late
: Gar leave on Russia 4 deep impress
; stomp"
Yes, IL did; but do not think that
: Nihilfsm is the power it assumed at one
time 10 be. understand that there are
still Nihilisis in Russia who meet. and
: that they hardly ever meet but there
: are secret agents among them. They
10 not punish them. but keep them un-
der surveillance. Every now aud then
: the government comes down upon them
ike bolt of lightning; the offender
disappears, aud the supposlion is that
he is taken to Siberia. That is the end
Of him.
The police system of Russia is eaor-
nous. 1 doubt whether the ruler of
? the land himself knows how many
/. persons are in the pay of the police.
You see police and military every
where. Nearly every large house or
hotel in Russia is Euder the suryeil-
tnce of character who supplies it
with wood and coal. His business IS
10 watch that house every night; no
matter how freezing cold it is, and the
thermometer is often forty degrees be-
low zero, you see him sitting out there,
and if you undertake to enter though
he may appear TO be asleep. he will
come forward and look at you to see if
! YOU belong to the place. If You visit
.. . friend in Russia he may let you stay
, , over night without looking at Your
passport, But next morning he will
ell. you that if he does not present
!. your passport he will be fined; and you
can not leave the country without
wenty-four hours notice before re-
covering your passport. - Gath, IN
Cincinnati Enquirer.